All candidates for leader have now pledged their full support for the pledges in the letter. We’re extending the ask to all candidates for deputy leader.
Dear Candidate,
We’re writing to ask you if elected you’ll commit to defending and extending the reproductive rights of women across the UK.
Reproductive rights are too often side-lined in political discourse but the right to control one’s own body and to access essential healthcare services is a human right.
Reproductive rights are an issue of class, the most wealthy will always be able to access the healthcare they need and the current legislation, the 1967 Act, entrenches a position where those who can navigate a complex system or can afford to access healthcare outside of it are the only ones whose rights are preserved.
A woman’s right to choose is under attack with right-wing groups from the USA funding disinformation and intimidation campaigns, from protests outside clinics to the targeted harassment of women MPs.
If the Labour Party is to stay true to our principals of creating an equitable society now is not the time to stay silent, only raising our voices to support a broken status quo. Now is the time to take a firm stand.
If elected will you pledge to:
- Oppose any attempt to reduce abortion time limit
- Follow the example of Labour led Ealing Council and support the introduction of buffer zones allowing women to access pregnancy advice and abortion services free from intimidation
- Support making the morning after pill available for free from pharmacies, including for under 16s, the Welsh Labour Government introduced this policy in 2011
- Pledge to decriminalise abortion and introduce fit for purpose legislation. The 1861 Offences Against the Person Act (OAPA) criminalises abortion and the exemption in the 1967 Act doesn’t allow a woman to make her own choice, it must be made by two doctors. This is outdated and paternalistic.
• Remove the two doctor clause
• Require doctors to register their conscientious objection
• Introduce a legal requirement for the NHS to provide abortion services, ending the postcode lottery - Support making misogyny a hate crime to tackle the harassment of women by anti choice groups
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